Gearing up for a JANUARY start!

[FatGirlDosing]

Just approved and am assuming that the pen won’t arrive until after Christmas so will start the new year with a, er, prick.

Anyway, thought I’d start a thread for anyone else planning on a slimmer 2025!

I will join you if that’s ok?! Mine is due tomorrow hopefully and I will start around Boxing Day as don’t have time to manage any side effects if I get them before them.

Hoping that I can tolerate it and may find some benefit from anti inflammatory benefit and it might help psoriatic arthritis.

Hello! Boxing Day would be ideal for me too.

Hello! Yes I've just signed up but not expecting it to arrive until 7/8/9 January now. I have been weighing it up for a few weeks now and finally taken the plunge!

Id love a group to go through it with.

Hi. I’d like to join you. I ordered my pen in November but decided to wait till after my December cruise and Christmas before I start. Will probably start on 1 Jan after putting on goodness knows how much weight on during the cruise. It’s the last day today and I can’t wait to start eating smaller portions!

Can I join please? I’ve been thinking about it for 6 months and am going to start in January!

Great to have the group going!

Me too?

I will join please, also going to be a January starter after considering for a long time.

I’ve also spent ages thinking about it !

Hi 🙂 My first pen is in the fridge waiting for 2nd January. Thanks for starting a thread for us all!

Hi I'd like to join too, pen 💉
already and waiting in the fridge going to start 1st January.

I’d like to join - mine is coming today. I’m thinking of taking it straight away to avoid putting on another half stone over Christmas but can’t decide.

Yes me too - waiting for my order to be delivered on Christmas Eve so I can start 1 January 🙌

Great, there is a little group of us growing. I’ve been reading a lot of threads of here and it seems that getting a good multivitamin on board is a good idea. I’ve also got:

• protein powder to mix into drinks etc if I can’t get my protein levels up. The one I’ve ordered also has added collagen (no idea if that really helps!)
• electrolyte tablets to add to water
• psyllium husks to help with constipation

Is there anything else that anyone can think of? My biggest fear is the constipation but that could be because I have IBS and am used to living at the other end of the spectrum!

Welcome everyone! I too have spent months going back and forth on this. I’ve only just hit a BMI of 30 having liked on about 5kg in the last few months (largely due to stress and exercise taking a back seat to work). Ideally I’d like to lose 15kg.

Hi, I've been considering this and have decided to go for it. I don't want to derail thread but wondered if anyone might share which provider they have decided to use. I would like to loose about 3 stone, probably fairly steadily as I have an active job so need to try to hang I to some energy.....

I'm hoping to start by 10th Jan. I have a lot to loose and have signed up with SheMed after a couple of months of considering the options.

I'm also doing shemed. They're doing it for £99 a month - you do have to have a quick video call where they see you weight/take it as its part of a clinical trial but it also comes with help for side effectss too. Also you tie in for a year. But it won't go up at all. For me it saves so much money and I like the safety net of doing it with one provider. I'm not cut out for code chasing each month! (anxious type!)

I rang them and asked All My Questions and they were really helpful.

@Wishitwasstraightforward good luck! I’d like to lose 3/4 stone ideally. I’ve gone with MedExpress as the £40 discount is appealing. All set to start after new year 🙂

I've got 10 stone to lose. I've gone from feeling excited about starting to realising it could be a year before it even shows and even then I'll still be morbidly obese.

Its going to take me a lot to stick to it 😬. But I really need to.

Hi- I’ve just signed up to SheMed too- really hope it all works out okay. Bit of a gamble as it’s a 12 month contract but I have to do something to lose the weight as it’s really getting me down and affecting my physical health too now!

Mine is arriving today. Yesterday was our special meal of the year so I am very tempted to just go for it! I go on holiday next week so thinking it’s now or 10 January so may as well crack on!

Mine is here. I am tempted to go for it but worried about side effects and feeling ill over Christmas which is currently stopping me from taking it.

I am tempted to start as soon as mine arrives today, but also worried about side effects over Christmas. Might get christmas day out the way and then start, rather than waiting until January.

I am not waiting until January. Was thinking Boxing Day but I have read people saying best not to start after a day of heavy food before so may go for something like 27th or 28th.